landing; alighting; touch down
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
tank (military vehicle); chariot
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
main force; chief object; mainline
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
one more time; once more; once again
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
long military service; having experienced many battles
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
by sheer strength; by brute force
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
noble; lofty; high-minded
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
prejudice; bias; distorted view
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
civilized person; civilized people
grumbling; muttering; nonsense